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A garage has a stock of side mirrors. The ratio of right side mirrors to left side mirrors is 5:3. Iris, a garage worker, attaches pairs of left and right mirrors with an adhesive tape until no more pairs can be made. If 30 right mirrors are left unpaired, how many left and right mirrors are there in the stock?

A. 240
B. 120
C. 80
D. 75
E. 48

On the Ratio scale, Right : Left = 5 : 3 (the difference is 2 on the ratio scale and the sum of all mirrors is 8 on the ratio scale)
In actual values, the difference is 30 which means the multiplier is 15.
Then total number of mirrors will be 8 * 15 = 120

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Check this video to understand ratios: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ODENGG5dvc
and this post: https://anaprep.com/arithmetic-ratios-t ... ll-starts/
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